Drug busts
Video: 11 tonnes of cocaine seized by US Coast Guard
Watch the crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Sherman as they unload approximately 11 tonnes of cocaine seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in just six weeks.
£80m of cocaine seized from fishing trawler off Falmouth
A captain and two crew have been charged after more than a tonne of cocaine was discovered on a fishing trawler off Falmouth, Cornwall.
Royal Navy orders next generation boats to fight piracy and drugs
BAE Systems has been awarded £13.5m by the Royal Navy to build 60 new lightweight rapid response boats for the Royal Navy.
Tonne of cocaine worth £56m seized from Dutch yacht in Kent
Border Force officers intercepted the yacht off the Kent coast and took it to Dover. The Force’s deep rummage team found 1,200 kilos of cocaine, over a tonne, stashed on board of the yacht, called Golem. Two Dutch nationals have been arrested and charged with drug traffic offences. Elaine Game,…